That’s right – curb cuts. You know – the modifications to sidewalks to make it easier to get from the sidewalk, down the curb, across the street and back up on the sidewalk? When nicely done, they look like this: It looks like Wallingford is getting a few more, on Thackery Ave N and NE 44th. (Actually – these are ADA ramps – but everyone calls them curb cuts!) I used to think they were for folks with mobility challenges, but…
It's time, once again, for our weekly stroll through Wallyhood where we recap some of the more popular discussions in our Forums section and highlight some of our livelier reader comments. This week in Wallyhood: We've taken a tour through a well-loved Foursquare house on Densmore complete with its own firing range of yore; Voiced concerns over one neighbor's tenant-to-car ratio; All hailed at the return of the Bull; Opined the pros and cons of keeping the Wallyhood Nightlife Calendar; and…
Reminder: Wallingford Art Walk is tonight, 6 - 9 pm all over Wallingford. Check out the map of participating businesses from the Wallingford Art Walk web site. If you're wondering where the cool art is, here's one that looks interesting: David McCrae will be showing work from his From A Scanner, Darkly series at the offices of the naturopath Amy Wells at 4426 Burke Ave N. From David's web site: I am both a research scientist, working in metropolitan Seattle, and…
Lower Wallingford's Institute for Systems Biology took over Fremont's Waiting for the Interurban Tuesday, hanging inflatable DNA strands and giving the would-be passengers some light reading to pass the time: copies of a recently published Science journal article about ISB's work sequencing the genome of a family of four. Read about it here. Or better yet -- go see ISB founder Leroy Hood present "Genomics 101" at Town Hall Wednesday evening, 5/5 . Tickets are $5 through Brown Paper Tickets. Hood…
I saw this Tuesday morning at the corner of 45th and Corliss. The Crazy Beans drive-thru espresso stand all packed up and ready to hit the road. The moving crew told me they were hauling it up to Mukilteo, but didn't know if there was going to be a replacement. Now where are we going to go for our in-the-car quick-fixes of caffeine? Remember the Roosters place that used to be there? That one got shipped off somewhere else too. Is…
As Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, "Run and find out" is the motto of the mongoose. Once you get to know an animal well enough, you'll discover its own personal creed. Long-time Wallingford resident Rita Amer has published a delightful new children's book, The Cat with the Golden Fang, whose heroine is an exquisite cat named Marta Petunia. Rita first had the inspiration for The Cat with the Golden Fang in the mid-80's, then moved to Seattle in 1989. Almost all of it…
This is an exciting time for the parents and children who are attending McDonald School Elementary next fall. If you're a parent of an incoming student, now is the time to start thinking about your involvement with the school. Parents are invited to join--and lead--the PTA for the upcoming 2010-2011 school year. As a former board member for the PTSA at B.F. Day, I can attest that it's a rewarding experience, and the only way to develop high quality enrichment programs…